I had 2 goals going into this draft. 1, draft a team that is different from my others. 2, use a different strategy than usual (zig when they zag). I accomplished both, I think. I woke super hungover and 2 picks late, and was autodrafted Rollins/Lincecum. Picking 12th was effing difficult, basically I dubbed it Reach Around Corner b/c reaching is necessary with that many picks between picks. Drafting with Razzball readers is an exercise in futility. My queue was more like an extraordinary rendition line than draft queue, I'd put people there just to have them disappear seconds later. All in all it was a fun draft, and the good thing is I'm guaranteed to improve on my 14th place finish from last year (only 12 teams this year!).

Crazy you were able to get Bedard that late. That could potentially be the steal of the draft. You grabbed F-Her a bit early. I do like your pitching overall. They might struggle to get Wins, but it's really hard to predict Wins anyway, so no big whoop there. Re: your hitting, Morneau went that late? Wow. I really talked him down a lot, huh? That's good value at 45, even if I'm not a huge fan. Overall I like your hitting, hopefully your outfield gives you even power numbers. You may struggle a bit on average, but not terrible.

If you want me to look at your team, post the team. Don't post a link to another site where the team is.Have you given me all the info I need to judge your team? The number of teams in the league is a good start for the big overall questions.Is your league H2H? Roto?I don't know who's on your waivers. Don't just ask me who you should pick up. Give me names to choose from.If you only have one team, post your team in your signature with the league parameters.I don't know every single matchup for next week, so if you want me to choose a player for the following week and you think the matchups are important, tell me who they're facing.

I had 2 goals going into this draft. 1, draft a team that is different from my others. 2, use a different strategy than usual (zig when they zag). I accomplished both, I think. I woke super hungover and 2 picks late, and was autodrafted Rollins/Lincecum. Picking 12th was effing difficult, basically I dubbed it Reach Around Corner b/c reaching is necessary with that many picks between picks. Drafting with Razzball readers is an exercise in futility. My queue was more like an extraordinary rendition line than draft queue, I'd put people there just to have them disappear seconds later. All in all it was a fun draft, and the good thing is I'm guaranteed to improve on my 14th place finish from last year (only 12 teams this year!).

Kung Fu Panda? Is that really his nickname or did you just christen him? You totally zagged on stuff I said, that's for sure. Lincecum in the 2nd? Rollins in the first 12? You know what those two picks did to you, right? Your offense is kinda weak. It's not a great place to be. Ah... I just read your last paragraph to see what you were thinking. So I see we're on the same page. Sorry, you know I love you, but your team's a mess. Even with Lincecum, your pitching's a bit risky. Volquez and Verlander could easily mess up whatever Lincecum helps with. I'd see if you could trade some pitching, but it's probably going to be tough in the RCL.

If you want me to look at your team, post the team. Don't post a link to another site where the team is.Have you given me all the info I need to judge your team? The number of teams in the league is a good start for the big overall questions.Is your league H2H? Roto?I don't know who's on your waivers. Don't just ask me who you should pick up. Give me names to choose from.If you only have one team, post your team in your signature with the league parameters.I don't know every single matchup for next week, so if you want me to choose a player for the following week and you think the matchups are important, tell me who they're facing.

With the third pick, I was planning on doing my pick #3 strategy, which has been in effect two drafts so far this year. That usually surrounds picking Reyes and then punting steals the rest of the draft. I sort of got scooped and Pujols fell in my lap with the #3 and all hell broke loose. I figured I needed to make up some steals in a balanced way, so this became my semi-strategy throughout. This didn't work to my advantage after the early rounds, so I'm stuck with 4 hackers in the CI, U and 3B slots. I haven't taken a catcher early in any of my drafts this year, so I pulled a BRAN and took McCann in the 5th.

I expect this team to compete in the top 3 in hr/rbi/sb, but should lag behind in avg or runs. So those reading this, if you have a runs/avg steady outfielder such as Abreu or comparable, I'm looking to trade.

I'll be the first to admit that my pitching will have major issues this year. I held off until the middle rounds to pick a pitcher, only to watch as people snagged my usual targets of Shields, Bills, FHer, etc., fall off the board. Huge injury risks in Kazmir, Carpenter and Burnett and I'm not sold on Harang, though I expect good things from Josh Johnson. I largely punted saves, so working the wire will be a necessity and I think that Marmol will be good for about a dozen or so.

I'll be trading for a small downgrade in SS/2B and an upgrade in SP.

Overall, I give this draft a grade of a B. Above average, but not my best effort.

14 team h2h keeper (keep 5), $101 FAAB budget. C,1B,2B,SS,3B,MI,CI,U,5SP,2RP... It's standard 5x5, but we use quality starts instead of wins. I currently have $1 left in FAAB money.

Grey wrote:Kung Fu Panda? Is that really his nickname or did you just christen him? You totally zagged on stuff I said, that's for sure. Lincecum in the 2nd? Rollins in the first 12? You know what those two picks did to you, right? Your offense is kinda weak. It's not a great place to be. Ah... I just read your last paragraph to see what you were thinking. So I see we're on the same page. Sorry, you know I love you, but your team's a mess. Even with Lincecum, your pitching's a bit risky. Volquez and Verlander could easily mess up whatever Lincecum helps with. I'd see if you could trade some pitching, but it's probably going to be tough in the RCL.

I was watching the final Giants spring training game and that's were I heard Kung Fu Panda, I guess his teammates gave it to him.

With the third pick, I was planning on doing my pick #3 strategy, which has been in effect two drafts so far this year. That usually surrounds picking Reyes and then punting steals the rest of the draft. I sort of got scooped and Pujols fell in my lap with the #3 and all hell broke loose. I figured I needed to make up some steals in a balanced way, so this became my semi-strategy throughout. This didn't work to my advantage after the early rounds, so I'm stuck with 4 hackers in the CI, U and 3B slots. I haven't taken a catcher early in any of my drafts this year, so I pulled a BRAN and took McCann in the 5th.

I expect this team to compete in the top 3 in hr/rbi/sb, but should lag behind in avg or runs. So those reading this, if you have a runs/avg steady outfielder such as Abreu or comparable, I'm looking to trade.

I'll be the first to admit that my pitching will have major issues this year. I held off until the middle rounds to pick a pitcher, only to watch as people snagged my usual targets of Shields, Bills, FHer, etc., fall off the board. Huge injury risks in Kazmir, Carpenter and Burnett and I'm not sold on Harang, though I expect good things from Josh Johnson. I largely punted saves, so working the wire will be a necessity and I think that Marmol will be good for about a dozen or so.

I'll be trading for a small downgrade in SS/2B and an upgrade in SP.

Overall, I give this draft a grade of a B. Above average, but not my best effort.

I agree with what you said about your hitting. Reynolds, Uggla, Jacobs and Ludwick can do that to you. I sorta agree about your pitching. I think they're actually a bit worse than you're letting on. But if those three guys somehow work out for you, you should actually be in a good place.

If you want me to look at your team, post the team. Don't post a link to another site where the team is.Have you given me all the info I need to judge your team? The number of teams in the league is a good start for the big overall questions.Is your league H2H? Roto?I don't know who's on your waivers. Don't just ask me who you should pick up. Give me names to choose from.If you only have one team, post your team in your signature with the league parameters.I don't know every single matchup for next week, so if you want me to choose a player for the following week and you think the matchups are important, tell me who they're facing.

Needless to say, I punted 1B to take pitchers, waiting on guys like Loney and Cantu to fall to me. Don't recommend it, but it seemed to work out OK. What say Grey?

You love Halladay. It looks like you kinda punted hitting. You only have three guys that might hit 30 HRs. Where do you see your pop coming from? I love your pitching but it's kinda too strong. With Halladay, I'm not sure you needed Shields. Halladay, Liriano and Lowe were probably enough. Might've been nice to take another hitter where you grabbed Shields. Anyway, you could be in the hunt, but I think you have some work to do.

If you want me to look at your team, post the team. Don't post a link to another site where the team is.Have you given me all the info I need to judge your team? The number of teams in the league is a good start for the big overall questions.Is your league H2H? Roto?I don't know who's on your waivers. Don't just ask me who you should pick up. Give me names to choose from.If you only have one team, post your team in your signature with the league parameters.I don't know every single matchup for next week, so if you want me to choose a player for the following week and you think the matchups are important, tell me who they're facing.